The first thing Shinji thought when returning to wakefulness was, that his dreams were sure getting weird these past few days. The second thing he thought was the girl that was leaning over him was really beautiful. GIRL?!
That thought brought his body online in less than a half second, but before he could start panicking the girl clamp a hand over his mouth. "No need to panic Shinji-kun."
After his brain got used to the idea of a girl being in the same room with him, he finally calmed down and she removed her hand. Shinji quickly levered himself up into a sitting position because he found it very awkward to lie in bed with a total stranger in the room. The room itself was very ordinary, including a wardrobe, a desk and several shelves that were packed with Manga and ledgers. A plain door and a middle sized window completed the room. Shinji was sure he had never been there before. “Where am I?”
“You do remember what happened, right?”
Shinji wondered what she was talking about, when it came back to him. He looked at Nabiki in shock, remembering her face. “But…how…I thought that was all a dream.” He said, his voice picking up speed, “I was just waiting for my lift so I could meet my father. This is not possible!”
“Calm down!” interrupted Nabiki and gave him a harsh look, “It is possible, and it only gets better from here on out. And if you don’t keep your cool we will have a big problem very!”
Shinji shrunk back a little. “Sorry…it’s just, this is so sudden.”
“It’s all right, I just want you to listen.” said Nabiki, feeling a little guilty for her outburst. Getting a nod in response she simply pressed forward. “I take it you still remember how you ended up here?”
“Yes, even though I still can’t believe it. Me being an anime character…I always thought Manga’s were written about interesting people?”
Nabiki smirked at him. “That’s because you were taken from the very beginning of your story. Believe me, your life was about to get very interesting. Anyway, that does not matter right now. I need to give you a little rundown about your new life. We will start as far back as I know the story of your supposed life and go from there….It all started when your father, Genma Saotome took you on a ten year long training trip…”
And so Nabiki started telling Shinji everything about the life of Ranma Saotome, which was now the life of Shinji Saotome, for the better part of one hour.
“…and now, even though it has only been a month since the failed wedding everything is more or less back to status quo. I think that covers everything you need to know.”
Shinji stared straight ahead, like he had been doing for most of the time since Nabiki started talking. Under normal circumstances he would have dismissed Nabiki’s tale as the ramblings of a madwoman, but being dumped in another universe by a Djinn did open your mind to a lot of things. Of course that did not make swallowing all that any easier, which was the reason why Shinji’s mind was currently stuck repeating itself like a broken record. Three fiancées…an abusive father…deadly rivals…a curse… I want to run away…three fiancées…
Before his mind could shut down totally Nabiki took action and snapped her fingers in front of his face. “You got all that, Shinji-kun?”
Shinji gave a small nod. “Yes, I think. But…what am I going to do now?” he asked, fear evident in his voice.
Nabiki gave the boy a reassuring smile and ruffled his hair, trying to hide her own anxiety for his benefit. “Don’t worry so much Shinji-kun. I’ll make sure you’re okay.”
It seemed fate wanted to proof her wrong, because that moment they were interrupted by a scratchy voice, which girls all over Nerima loathed with passion. “Way to go son, finally getting close with one of the girls." it said, "I think to celebrate an old man should get close with you!"
A moment later Shinji was doused with cold water, Nabiki getting wet in the process as well. Both of them stared at the tiny bundle that was Happosai as it happily snuggled into Shinji's still flat and definitely male chest. "I could stay here...what the???!."
Finally Happosai realized he was groping a very wet and very male Shinji. "UGH!" the old man promptly landed on the floor with a thud and started twitching.
After watching the pervert twitch for nearly a minute Nabiki finally drew back her hand, which was still in position to ruffle Shinji’s hair. "You know, seeing the old pervert suffering like that is almost worth this whole mess." So saying she booted Happosai out of her room, demonstrating the awesome ability of every anime girl to kick a pervert's ass into LEO.
"Wasn't that a little much?" asked Shinji as he watched Happosai disappear.
"Don't worry. The lecher will be back by tomorrow at the latest."
The interruption dealt with, Shinji finally realized that he was wet and definitely male. “I’m still male! What about the curse?” Oddly enough he felt a little disappointed, having been very curios what it felt like to be a girl. The moment he realized that his mood took a nosedive. God…I’m such a freak.
“I don’t know, but this is certainly a pleasant surprise. This will make convincing everyone a lot easier.” said Nabiki absently, “In fact, I think we should start clearing this up right away, before someone else shows up to harass you.” Shinji dragged himself out of his self loathing long enough to agree with that, but did not say anything else.
It was all Nabiki could do to stop herself from belittling the boy for his apathetic behaviour, knowing that it would only make things worse. I swear, once this is taken care of I’m going to give this guy a serious attitude adjustment. He’s even more depressed than Ryuoga! Now, whom are we going to pay a visit first?
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